Population report shows most detainees charged with violent offenses and many held more than six months

Administrator Brown presented the detention center's population report and said the facility currently houses just over 1,000 people, a small increase from the prior report.

Brown said the last report showed 1,006 detainees; the current detention-center report lists approximately 1,022 people in custody. He reported that roughly 478 of those people (about 46.8%) had been detained longer than 181 days (more than six months) and that about 290 (about 28.4%) had been detained longer than 366 days (more than a year). Brown emphasized that the Alvin S. Glen Detention Center is a short-term facility and said long stays can raise distinct security and operational challenges.

Brown also reported that 584 of the roughly 1,022 detainees (approximately 57.1%) were detained on violent charges and that a significant portion of those charged with violent offenses have been in custody more than a year. He noted the figures to explain why county leaders are pursuing renovation and expansion to add bed space and improve security.

Brown's figures came from the detention-center's internal report provided in the committee packet; he said the packet and the detention-center snapshots are the basis for the population breakdown. The committee did not present an independent audit of these counts at the meeting; members asked for presentation-format clarifications (for example, adding plus/minus signs for trend displays) but did not request a new third-party verification during the session.

The committee will continue to review population trends alongside renovation and tower-design work; Brown said staff will present updated reports at future meetings.